Improved washing-machine



i is provided with aplug UNITED STATES;

JosEE JOHNSON, or fNnWYonf'K, N .l-Y,

'-iMP-RovE-o 'wpA'si-llNca-M'ACHINI-:y

Specification forming-'part oi' Letters; Patent blo-48,071, dated June G, 1865.

To ad whom, z2-may Acontraria-, g

Be it knownthat I, J'OsEE'JoHNsmpf :the city, county, and Stateof Neiv York, have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in \Vashing-'Machines; and I do hereby declare ythat the followingisa full and exact de-v scription thereo'ffjv y The accompanying drawings form a part of tliisspecification.' p' I "z Figure l is a perspective'view, and Fig.,2 is-a vertical section, showing 'rny machine entire. 3 represents thep'ounde'r detached. "'Siinilar letters 'of rei' parts infall the-figures.- i Y l "lI'y machine op'eratt-:s with a lever anda pounder, and subjects-the clothes to a beating'.

or alternate eompressingv'and releasinglaction- .011e of the Vsides of the tub is perpendicular, or" nnich more nearly sothan the other side, andv the pounder operatesjby moving upand down along the upright side. The clothes are forced therebyzagainst the inclined side, and arceff fectually compressed and turned partly over lateach blow. I

'in a tub or vessel oftiiangular section.

- To enable'othersskilled in the art to mak'e I and use my invention with success,

I willpro# oecd to describe it by thefaidofthe ydrawings and of thele'tters of reference mark ed thereon.

My vessel is formed of two triangular ends, 1 and 2, and two sides, 3`and 4, 'fixed strongly and tightly'together. The side 31s perpen-V dioular.- 'Theside 4 is inclinedatjan angle of about Vfortyetive degrees.r l'he'vessel is snpported lirmly upon" legs; asy represented, andl oi' stopeoek to allow. it to be readily'emptied. Y 1 B' and B2 are hinges, Aand'Gv and Q2 are le- Vers hn'ngtl1ereon,sothat'they are 4freeto be Yibrated in the Vertical pla-nes paralleleach to the other.

D is a handleor cross-bar,,which` firmly connects .the free'ends of the leyers'C ande.` t I E and E2 are the end pieces, and e e,l&c., are the intermediate pieces,

eonnectng cross-piece G, forms the pounder.- I shall lin'this specification -referto the pounder entire :is/E, to the levers entire las C, andtothe tub oryessel. entire as'A.

heated, is placed in the t'ub A and erence indicate 'likee' what I claim as new" therein`,and

surface of the cross-piece' G, so that' it may serve as' a washboard when desired. v

` To operate my machine, the water, properly the clothes plungedthereiu. ThehandleD is then grasped with one-hand orv both hands land inov'ed up and down. i l oireleabout thehinges B, as indicated by the dotted curved line in Fig.l2,'and the' correspondin g motion thereby imparted to the levers 4C eoinpelsthe pounder Eto rise and descend in a nearly verticalil path parallel to the side 3 of. the tub A. Each ascent of the pounder f E allows the clothes-.to :roll down into the 'air jgle at the lowerniostpart ofthe tub, andA each descent of the pounder presses forcibly donn v thoreon on the side nearest. the perpendicular' face 3, -an d thereby 4pressesthe clothes'l'ietween itself and the lower par-tofjthe u inclined'side'4 4. The fact that the lside 3 is perpendicular and vthe motion of the pounder parallel thereto makes the friction betweenl these parts -very' slight. .A l v The inclination ot' ythe side 4 4prevents the clothes' getting very much away from-the pounder, subjects lthem to' a powerful squeezing'actin at each descent-ot' thepounder, and allows the use `of asmall quantity of Water in Washingz a considerable; quantityof 1, y

clothes,' if desired.

- kIn order to prevent the'pounder from sivin'ging, `II insert pinsin the ends 1 and 2,-near the top. as indicated by the red-outlines denoted 'I'fil invention,

desire to sea Having now fully described my cure by- Letters Patent, is as follows:

'As an improved 4eonstrnction of washingmachine, the sides 3 and 4 of the tub A, a1'- I'anged' as y represented, in combination with the lever Gand pounder E, operating relatively to each other and to the sides 3 endet, sub-l .stantially in themanner and for the purpose l `herein set forth'. which, with the I groove the The 'handle describes an arcof a 

